Australia's use of the Cornell scale to screen for depression in nursing homes

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-36

  Snowdon, John ^a   Rosengren, Damien ^b   Daniel, Fariba ^b   Suyasa, Margot ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Domain Principal Group   (Australia)

^c Uniting Care Ageing Hunter Central Coast and New England   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Nursing Home; Nursing Staff; Screening (Descriptor); Validity (Epidemiology)

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSING HOMES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 79952649225     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2010.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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